Rodeo Summer

Trevor Hodge graduates from college with a degree in accounting, but his life changes abruptly by news that his father, a cowboy whom he never knew, has just been killed in a bull riding accident.

Against his domineering mother’s wishes, Trevor attends the funeral, meets his estranged family and eagerly spends the summer in Oklahoma learning ranching, bull riding and cowboy ways. Readers will cheer for tenderfoot Trevor when he triumphs over a bucking bull and finally comes to understand his father.

—Phyllis Morreale-de la Garza